UNM head football coach Rocky Long is preparing for the beginning of his fourth season leading the Lobos. Long played for UNM from 1969-71. He talked with the Daily Lobo about himself and the football program.
The 2001 season brings a fresh start for the UNM volleyball team with a new coaching staff and an abundance of new, young players.
If one word could describe the 2000 season for the UNM volleyball team and junior middle blocker/outside hitter Vanessa Shields, it would be “negative.”
For the UNM men’s and women’s soccer teams, Saturday was a day the teams finally got to face an opponent other than their teammates. Both teams tied their exhibition games and the coaches had mixed reviews on their teams’ performances at the UNM Soccer Complex.
Senior forward Ty Hibbert, one of the main offensive players on the UNM men’s soccer team, is ready to start the season after missing all of last season due to a knee injury.
The UNM men’s soccer team has built a tradition of winning annually, but the Lobos took a step back last year.
Kit Vela has seen — and done — a lot in the world of women’s soccer.
If experience dictates the direction and success of a team, the 2001 version of the UNM women’s soccer team may achieve more than what is being predicted of it.
The UNM women’s basketball team signed six new players during the recruiting season last year, but that number was trimmed down one on Monday when it was announced that incoming freshman Kirbi Wilson will no longer attend the University.
UNM football fans now have 5,964 new reasons to watch a football game at the renovated University Stadium.
Replacing a long-time coach at the collegiate sports level is usually a tough undertaking. But in the case of new UNM volleyball coach Tom Peterson, who replaced 17-year veteran Laurel Brassey Iversen last November, his past success may make Iversen’s departure a sweeter pill to swallow.
The summer is usually when college athletes take a breather from their sport or go home, but the UNM football team found the summer to be a time to get stronger and build team unity.
The UNM football team’s final scrimmage, during Fan Appreciation Day at the newly renovated University Stadium on Saturday, mirrored a dress rehearsal: good at times, sloppy at others, but overall, a good effort.
UNM men’s soccer head coach Klaus Weber has influenced the New Mexico soccer community in many ways, including building a respectable soccer program and helping soccer become a popular sport in the state.
“UNM, hell yeah, UNM, hell yeah,” echoes through the Tow Diehm Facility. Is it the UNM football team getting energized before a practice? Nope.
It’s not that the north end of the stadium has yet to be completed or that the LoboVision screen waits to be fired up; making University Stadium into a bowl-like atmosphere.
The UNM men’s soccer team is holding a free youth skills clinic on Aug. 19 at Winrock Center.
For Keren Sari, a future with the UNM track and field team was just an e-mail away. In 1999, Sari, who is from Omer, Israel, sent e-mails to several coaches at universities in the United States inquiring about their programs. Former UNM assistant coach Susan Vigil-Belcher kept in touch with Sari, and she eventually signed with the Lobos.
As football season nears, so, too, does the end of construction to the newly expanded University Stadium. The expansion and renovation of the stadium, which began in November, is almost complete and includes new end zone seats on the north end and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard, called “LoboVision.” The additional seating increases University Stadium’s capacity to 37,164 seats and connects the east and west stands.
When UNM cross-country runner Ben Ortega lines up to run, he not only expects to win, he knows he is going to win. With a confident attitude, he is not afraid to say what he has done and what he is going to do as a runner.
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